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OF THE 



MAINE 
Genealogical Society, 



PORTLAND, MAINE. 



Adopted ApriIv i6, i^ 




PORTI.AND : 
Owen, Strout & Co., PRiwa^RB-v ■**'" 




BY-LAWS 



OF THE 



MAINE 

Genealogical Society, 

PORTLAND, MAINE. 



Adopted Aprii, i6, 1889. 




PORTLAND : 
Owen, Strout & Co., Printers. 

1893- 



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OFFICERS. 



President, 
Marquis Fayette King.. 

Vice President, 
Albion K. P. Meserve, M. D. 

Secretary, 
Frederick Odell Conant. 

Treasurer, 
Millard Fillmore Hicks. 

Librarian, 
Joseph Porter Thompson. 

Directors, 
Marquis Fayette King, 
Albion K. P. Meserve, 
Frederick Odell Conant, 
Millard Fillmore Hicks, 
Joseph Porter Thompson. 



Maine Genealogical Society. 



BY-LAWS 



ARTICLE I. 

NAME. 

This Society shall be called the Maine Gkne- 
ALOGiCAiv Society, and its head-quarters shall be 
in Portland, Maine. 

ARTICLE II. 

OBJECT. 

The object of the Societ}^ shall be to collect and 
preserve anything pertaining to the History of New 
England towns and families, and for the mutual aid 
of its members b}^ interchange of material gathered. 

ARTICLE III. 

MEMBERS. 

Section i. The Society shall be composed of 
persons interested in the objects mentioned in Art- 
icle II, who, being recommended by the Board of 
Directors, shall be elected by the Society. 

Sec. 2. Non-residents of this state may in like 
manner become Corresponding members, and any 



person wliom this Societ}^ shall wish especially to 
compliment, ma^^ by nnanimons vote, be elected 
an Honorar}^ member. 

Skc. 3. An}^ member, who at one time contrib- 
utes twenty-five dollars to the permanent fund shall 
thereby become a Life member. 

Skc. 4. Honorary, Corresponding and Life mem- 
bers shall be entitled to all the privileges of active 
membership, and shall be exempt from assessments. 

ARTICLE IV. 

FINANCE. 

Section i. All annual dues shall begin on Jan- 
uary first of each year. It is expected that am^ 
person elected to membership in the Society shall 
signify his acceptance in writing. Active members 
shall pa}^ as an admission fee the sum of two dollars, 
and annually thereafter one dollar. 

Sec. 2. The sum of one thousand dollars is 
hereby set apart as a permanent fund, to which the 
Directors may add any monej^ not needed for ordi- 
nar}^ expenses, provided such addition be approved 
by the Society at its next regular meeting. The 
permanent fund shall be invested in the name of 
the Society in such properties or securities as the 
Directors may approve and shall not be diminished 
except by a two-thirds vote of the Society at a 
meeting held for the purpose, of which two weeks 
notice shall be given. The income from the 
permanent fund may be used for current expenses. 



ARTICI.E V. 

MEETINGS. 

The annual meeting for the election of officers 
shall be held on the third Wednesday of January, 
and quarterly meetings shall be held, also, on the 
third Wednesday of April, July and October. 

The President or Directors may call a meeting of 
the Societ}^ at any time the}^ may appoint, for the 
transaction of any business of the Society, except 
election of officers, unless to fill a vacancy. 

The Secretary shall give timely notice of all meet- 
ings of the Societ3^ by publishing the same in one 
or more of the dail}' newspapers of Portland, or by 
notice to each member, stating time, place, and 
object of meeting. Five members shall constitute a 
quorum. 

ARTlCIvE VI. 

OFFICERS. 

The officers of the Society shall be a President, 
Vice-President, Recording, who shall be Corres- 
ponding Secretary, Treasurer and Librarian, who 
shall continue in office until their successors have 
been elected, and these shall constitute a Board of 
Directors, the majority of whom shall constitute a 
quorum in meetings of Directors. 

ARTICLE VII. 

PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT. 

The President, and in his absence, the Vice-Pres- 
ident, shall preside at all meetings of the Society, or 
of the Directors. 



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ARTICLE VIII. 

SECRETARY, 

The Secretary shall keep in a book for the pur- 
pose, belonging to the Society, a true and complete 
record of all proceedings of the meetings of the 
Society, and of the Directors. He shall announce 
all meetings according to Article V, notify members 
of their election, and conduct the general corres- 
pondence of the Society. 

ARTICLE IX. 

TREASURER. 

The Treasurer shall have charge of the Permanent 
Fund, investing the same as he shall be advised b}^ 
the Directors. He shall collect all fees and taxes, 
pay all accounts against the Societ}-, when approved 
b}^ the Board of Directors, and keep a correct record 
of all receipts and expenditures in a book for that 
purpose belonging to the Society. 

ARTICLE X. 

I.IBRARIAN. 

The Librarian shall have charge of all books, pam- 
phlets, manuscripts, and other property belonging 
to the Society, or deposited for its use. He shall 
purchase all books under the instruction of the 
Directors, make a correct catalogue of all books 
belonging to the Society, and keep a record of such 
as are taken out. He shall have charge of the 
rooms of the Society, and make suitable preparations 
for all meetings. 



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No books or other property of the Society shall be 
removed from its rooms without consent of the Board 
of Directors. 

Provided, however, that such of his duties as are 
superseded by our contract with the Maine Histori- 
cal Society, are suspended during the continuance of 
the above mentioned contract. 

ARTICLE XI. 

REPORTS. 

The Secretary, Treasurer and Librarian shall make 
at each annual meeting, and at any time when 
requested by the President, a detailed report of all 
matters coming under the head of their respective 
offices for the past year or other specified time. 

ARTICLE XII. 

AMENDMENTS. 

The foregoing articles may be amended by a two- 
thirds vote at any meeting, a notice of two weeks 
having been given by publication. 



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HONORARY MEMBERS. 



Chaffin, Rev. William L. 

Dean, John Ward 

Emer}' , Rev. Samuel Hopkins 

Hall, John Williams Deane 

King, Horatio 

I^apham, William Berr}^ 

Loud, John J. 

Robinson, Richard L. 

Perr}^, Amos 

Porter, Joseph Whitcomb 

Waters, Henry Fitz-Gilbert 



Haston, Mass. 

Boston, Mass. 

Taunton, Mass. 

Washington, D. C. 

Augusta. 

Weymouth, Mass. 

Elizabeth, N. J. 

Providence, R. I. 

Bangor. 

Salem, Mass. 



CORRESPONDING MEMBERS. 



Bell, Charles Henry 
Blodgett, George B. 
Bodge, Rev. George M. 
Boyd, Capt. Robert, U. S. N. 
Burnham, Edward Pa3^son 
Burr, Chauncey Rea 
Chapman, Jacob, 
Colesworthy, Daniel^C. Died Apr. 
Corliss, Capt. A. W. 
Deane, Elewellyn 



Exeter, N. H. 

Rowley, Mass. 

Winchester, Mass. 

Died July 31, 1890. 

Saco, Me. 

Morristown, N. J. 

Exeter, N. H. 

I, '93 Boston, Mass. 

U. S. Army. 

Washington, D. C. 



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Flitner, Frank W. 
Flitner, Mrs. Frank W. 
Fogg, Dr. John Samuel H 
Ham, Dr. John S. 
Hicks, Benjamin D. 
Holden, George B. 
Jones, Mrs. William T. 
Merrill, Gen. Lewis, U. S 
Moore, Mrs. M. J. 
Pingree, Lnther F. 
Pratt, Dr. John Frank 
Pratt, Mrs. John F. 
Quint, Rev. Alonzo A. 
Reed, Quinc}^ L. 
Rich, Prof. Thomas Hill 
Rich, Mrs. Thomas Hill 
Scamman, Richard M. 
Tibbetts, Charles W. 
Thompson, Mrs. Mary P. 
Wilcox, Isaac W. 
Woodman, Cyrus 



Boston, Mass. 

ill South Boston, Mass. 

Dover, N. H. 

Old Westbury, N. Y. 

Bacon, Wis. 

Portland, Me. 

. A. Philadelphia, Pa. 

Boston, Mass, 

Ferry Village, Me. 

Chelsea, Mass. 

Dover, N. H. 

So. Weymouth, Mass. 

Lewiston, Me. 

Stratham, N. H. 

Dover, N. H. 

Durham, N. H. 

Taunton, Mass. 

Died March 30, 1889. 



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ACTIVE MEMBERS. 



Adams, John Milton 

Allen, S. Coleman 

Anderson, John Farwell Died December 25, 1887. 

Baker, Charles H. 

Banks, Charles Edward, M. D. 

Barrett, Franklin Ripley 

Barrett, George Potter 

Baxter, Clinton Lewis 

Baxter, James Phinney 

Bean, Charles A. 

Bennett, Henry Babbitt 

Berry, C. Fred 

Berr}^, Stephen 

Bird, George Emerson 

Boardman, Isaac M. Belfast. 

Bonney, Percival 

Bray, Charles W. 

Briggs, Herbert Gerry 

Brown, John Marshall 

Brown, Philip Greely 

Bryant, Hubbard Winslow 

Burgess, George Canning 

Burleigh, Charles 

Chapman, Leonard B. 

Chase, Albro Elmore 

Chase, Daniel 

Clark, Dennis W. 



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Cleaves, Nathan Died Sept. 5, 1892 

Clifford, Nathan 

Cobb, Isaac Died, 1890 

Cole, Alfred Buckfield. 

Conant, Frederick Odell 

Conant, Richard Odell 

Corey, Eben 

Cummings, Augustus 

Dana, Woodbury Storer 

Davis, Abner Harrison 

Deering, Henry 

DeWitt, John Evert 

Dow, Edgar R. 

Dow, Fred Neal 

Drake, Edwin Standish 

Drake, John B. Bath Me. 

Drummond, Josiah Hayden 

Edwards, Bryce McClellan 

Edwards, Charles S. 

Emery, Mark P. 

Estes, William Rosco Greene Skowhegan, Me. 

Everett, Edward S. 

Fernald, George N. 

Ferguson, Clement 

Fogg, John H. 

Fogg, John S. Biddeford. 

Forbes, lycander W. 

Fox, Frederick 

Freeman, William Cherry field. 

Frye, George C. 



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Gerrish, Frederick Henry 

Gerrish, John J. 

Gilson, Arthur Scott 

Goodhue, Daniel 

Goudy, Lewis A. 

Gould, Edward 

Ham, Jacob B. Died September 3 

Hamblet, Melvin 

Hammond, Georo-e Warren 

Hardy, William F. 

Harris, Herbert 

Hawes, Andrew 

Hazelton, Franklin Herbert 

Herrick, Nathaniel Jones 

Hicks, Millard Fillmore 

Hinkley, Rufus H. 

Hinkley, vStephen 

Hinds, Aurelius S. 

Holmes, George F. 

Howe, William Nathan 

Hull, John T. 

Hunt, Arthur Kinsman 

Jewett, Thomas Atkins 

Johnson, James Henry 

Jordan, Edward A. 

Jordan, Fritz Hermann 

Jose, Charles E. 

King, Marquis Fayette 

Larrabee, Philip J. 

Lawrence, Franklin Muzzy 



Lewiston. 



Yarmouthville. 



Machias. 



Gorham. 



Died March 6, 1892. 



Died January 26, i 



Gardiner. 



Died September 17, 1885. 



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Leach, Convers O. 
Libby, Charles Freeman 
lyibby, Charles Thornton 
Little, George Thomas 
Locke, Ira Stephen 
Lunt, James R. 
Maling, Henry Martyn 
Mallett, Edmund Buxton, 
Manning, Prentice Cheney 
Marston, Charles W. 
Mayberry, Fred N. 
McLaughlin, Charles 
Merrill, Samuel F. 
Merrill, William P. 
Meserve, Albion Keith Parris 
Millett, Alonzo M. 
Moulton, Augustus Freedom 
Nickerson, Peter Sears 
Noyes Edward A. 
Noyes, Edward Deering 
Ogden, Rev. Charles T. 
Owen, George Henry 
Patterson, William D. 
Peabody, Henry C. 
Pierce, Lewis 
Pullen, Stanley T. 
Pulsifer, A. M. 
Pulsifier, Mrs. Harriet C. 
RacklefF, James L. 
Rand, George Doane 



Brunswick. 



Died October ii, 1891. 



Jr. 



Freeport. 



Died December 7, 1886. 

Auburn. 

Topsham. 

Died July 12, 1892. 



Deering. 



Wiscasset. 



Auburn. 



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Ray, Fabius Maximus Westbrook. 

Raymond, George B. 

Reed, Thomas Brackett 

Reynolds, Edward Clayton 

Rich, Andrew Jackson 

Richardson, George H. 

Richardson, Roswell Minard, Died January 26, 1891. 

Rice, John Olin 

Robinson, Frank Woodbur>^ 

Robinson, Edward Withington 

Rogers, Franklin Dennison 

Rogers, Charles B. 

Rollins, Franklin Jackson 

Rowell, George S. 

Russell, John Sutton 

Sargent, William Mitchell Died March 29, 1891. 

Sheppard, Joseph W. 



Smith, George 
Smith, William Henry 
Smith, Howard D. 
Snow, Charles Edwin 
Snow, David William 
Soule, Henry 
Spalding, James Alfred 
Stephenson, Alexander B. 
Strout, Almon Augustus 
Strout, Frank Noyes 
Symonds, Joseph White 
Swan, Francis K. 
Tash, Thomas 



Woodfords. 

Died April 20, 1890. 

Norway. 



Died May 7, 1889. 



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Tewksbury, John C. Died April 12, 1891. 

Thomas, George Albert 

Thomas, William Widgery 

Thompson, Joseph Porter 

Thompson, William Somers Kennebunk. 

Thurston, Brown 

Trask, Samuel 

True, Charles H. 

True, Daniel W. Died September 16, 1888. 

True, Ernest 

True, Samuel Augustus 

Vose, Edwin Faxon 

Walker, Fred 

Washburn, D. C. Dorchester, Mass. 

Waterhouse, Charles M. Westbrook. 

Waterman, John A. Died March 6, 1893, Gorham. 

Watson, Stephen Marion 

Wa}^ Christopher 

Webb, Nathan 

Webster, Charles E. Died December 24, 1892. 

Winslow, Edward B. 

Winslow, James N. 

Wish, Oscar Rugg 

Witherle, William Howe Castine. 

Woodbury, Clinton A. 

York, Edward H. 



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